Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 50. STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 3. STATE FLAG, SEAL, AND OTHER SYMBOLS · Article 1. STATE AND OTHER FLAGS

50-3-5. Preservation of Confederate flags.

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The flags of the Georgia troops who served in the army of the Confederate States, and which have been returned to the state by the United States government, shall be preserved for all time in the capitol as priceless mementos of the cause they represented and of the heroism and patriotism of the men who bore them.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1916, p. 158, § 3; Code 1933, § 86-1005; Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 44; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 91.

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